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South American elections

Hey, Latin American here! A few comments to expand:

  • In the vast majority of Latin American countries, voting is direct. in other words, a vote for a dude is a vote for that dude, period. No electoral colleges or any of that nonsense they do in the United States (Your system is shit, I'll die on this hill).
  • Most elections have a turnout that, in the very best of cases, reaches 50% of the eligible population (those over 18, registered in the system, etc.)
    • Therefore, this 50/50 in "real numbers" would be more like 25/25 or so.
    • The remaining population would consist of people who are disillusioned with the system or apathetic toward it (mostly young people).

The thing is, no matter how much of an anarchist I want to be, I can’t fully support not voting. Because it’s precisely by not voting that the Diego Hitlerios come to power and screw us all over.

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